Elementary School English Language Arts Activities : Page 6

Here's a fun activity that takes "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" to a new level--and builds strong kindergarten reading and writing skills

Help your first grader gain new reading skills in this fun, homemade phonics game that the whole family can enjoy!

Help your first grade reader become an expert in "sh," "ch," and "th" words with this fun, homemade game.

Help your child keep track of his pledges to be more environmentally friendly with a calendar made entirely out of recycled and reused materials!

This fun writing activity takes a regular task - writing a story - and transforms it into a collaborative writing experience for hilarious results!

Encourage your child to explore her favorite fairy tale, and learn about characters, plot, setting and story sequence as she draws her own pictures.

This bookmark is a helpful tool to use during and after reading to remind your child of "good reader" strategies that she can use on her own.

Learn about how to write a couplet poem in this easy introduction to the classic poetry style.

Give your child some hands-on experience mixing autumn colors. All you need is a large piece of white paper and tempera paint.

Add some artsy fun to your child's next reading adventure by letting them draw the characters.

This homemade educational travel game will keep your young child entertained and learning reading, writing, shapes and colors. All you need is a tissue box!

Here's an activity to help your first grader read and write, while staying in touch with a faraway friend or relative. Here's how:

Better than any store bought Father's Day card, this touching keepsake lets your child give Dad a peek into their relationship from her point of view.

Want to build your child's literary repertoire with tools like foreshadowing and description? Try a spooky Halloween story!

Encourage your writer to uncover their imagination and storytelling skills by authoring their very own book.

Looking for a fun group activity for kids? Offering writing practice, grammar review, and plenty of hands-on creativity, wacky word art is the way to go.

Here's an activity to teach your fourth grader how to reflect on her past year and set specific, attainable goals to reach in the New Year.

This simple fall-themed syllable game is a great way to introduce the concept of a syllable to your young learner.

This fill-in-the-blanks game is a little like Mad Libs, but for emerging writers. Get ready for some silly sentences!

Textbook studying doesn't have to be a slog. Here's an at-home activity for before your middle-schooler begins those end-of-the-chapter review questions.

If you can make a list, you can write a poem! Get your child to practice their writing and expression with a list poem.

Here's a delightful kindergarten project that will boost your child's reading and writing skills--and make for a happy time on a rainy day, too.

Build second and third grade writing skills by using pictures to help kids "see" how to use details in their stories.

Before your crafty kid moves on to sewing needles and thread, help her create a beautiful cross-stitch pattern with markers!

Make this creative "story cartoon" tray to help your first grader build reading comprehension skills while having a hilarious time!

This fun and easy project is the perfect way to help your first grader remember who's who, practice her handwriting, and help decorate for Thanksgiving.

Guide your first grader through a map drawing project inspired by her favorite fairy tale. Its masked as a fun art activity, but it also packs learning punch!

Help your kid get a handle on punctuation by challenging her to create a story that's truly out of this world.

Looking for a teacher gift? Here's a way for your preschooler to show off her growing writing skills and create a cute picture frame to show her thanks, too!

Help your kindergartener develop his sequencing skills in this activity that teaches him about a story's beginning, middle, and end.